Garment



May 30, 1939. E. SWAN 2,160,096

GARMENT Filed July 20, 19 38 INVENT OR 7 ATTORNEY if Patented May 30, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE GARMENT Elsie Swan, Los Angeles, Calif.

Application July 20, 1938, Serial No. 220,245

4 Claims. (01. 2-115) This invention relates to a garment, and espedefining a neck opening. Extending from the cially to one adapted to be used on the upper wing portions of the collar 2 are the members part of the body, as for example a shirt. 3 and 4, which are adapted to overlie the chest More particularly, this invention obviates the of the wearer and to extend diagonally down- 5 necessity of any fastening means such as butwardly along the upper front of the shirt. These 5 tons or ties. In this way, the donning and shedmembers 3 and 4 have respectively edges 5 and ding of the garment are both facilitated, and 6 forming a V where these edges meet after the yet there is an assurance that the garment fits members 3 and t are folded down along the upper properly, front portion of the shirt. Thus for example the It is one of the objects of this invention to edge of member 3 is shown as being in line with provide a garment of this character. the lower edge l of the member l; and similarly It is another object of the invention to provide the edge 6 of the member s lies along the line a shirt of the sperti variety that is inexpensive of the lower edge 8 of member 3. The overlapto manufacture and that presents a pleasing apping portions of members 3 and t are thus depearance, and good fit. fined between the lines or edges 9 and II] which These objects are attained by using a special cross at the neck opening and diverge downpattern for defining the shoulder and neck porwardly. These overlapping portions of members tions. Accordingly it is another object of this, 3 and t are not joined elsewhere except along invention to make it possible to use a pattern the edges l and 8, where the member I is joined :0 for a garment of the character specified, and that to the lower front portion 8 i of the garment. The

ensures proper fit around the neck and shoulder edges [2 and t3 form the top of the shoulders. portions, The back of the garment it may be attached to The proper fit of any garment at these regions these edges. is perhaps the most difficult to obtain. However, In order to fold the pattern illustrated in Fig.

:5 the pattern herein described renders such fit easy 3 t0 o fl W the garment illustrated in to obtain, This is in part due to the choice of 1, the left hand member 3 is folded downwardly goods used and to the direction of the threads and inwardly and the right hand member 4 is of the fabric where it embraces the shoulders. also folded downwardly and inwardly. These two This invention possesses many other advanmembers 3 and t are lifted so as to bring the It tages, and has other objects which may be made shoulder edges l2 and i3 substantially on a level more easily apparent from aconsideration of with each other. one embodiment of the invention. For this purf it u d e desired to p e es S h as pose there is shown a form in the drawing aci l and i5, upon the garment, these sleeves may companying and forming part of the present specbe attached to the edges it and H of the meml? ification. This form will now be described in her 2, and to corresponding edges of the back of detail, illustrating the general principles of the the e invention; but it is to be understood that this The overlapping defined by the edges 9 and it detailed description is not to be taken in a limitis of such an amount that the collar 2 and the ing sense, since the scope of this invention is neck opening remain close to the neck of the it best defined by the appended claims. wearer, unless the neck opening be purposely Referring to the drawing: expanded as illustrated in Fig. 2. Under such Figure 1 is a pictorial view of the garment Circumstances the g ent may be put on or shownin use on a wearer; 01f by passing the head through the enlarged Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1, showing the neck opening. However, due to the particular it manner in which the neck opening may he manner in which the threads of the fabric makopened up to facilitate donning or shedding the ing up the member 2 are run, these threads are garment, and to make it possible to pull the gardiagonal to the shoulder edges I2 and I3. The ment over the head of the wearer; and direction of the threads is indicated by the cross Fig. 3 is a diagram illustrating the pattern of lines l8 in Fig. 3. Accordingly, the fabric is perthe fabric member which is utilized to form the mitted to give to overlie the shoulder areas of 0 neck and shoulder portions of the garment. the wearer and to accommodate itself to these The shirt embodying the invention is shown as areas. The result is that the garment fits well. having a top fabric portion I, the developed view The materials available for the fabric 2 are,

of which is seen in Fig. 3. This fabric member of course, dependent upon the judgment of the l is shown as having a tum-down collar 2, manufacturer. For sports wear, heavier cloths, 55

such as flannels or woolens, may be used. This type of fabric is especially adaptable, for the threads have suflicient resiliency or spring to provide a good fit without the necessity of careful tailoring. Also, there is a tendency of goods of this character to urge the neck band around the neck of the wearer. In this way the necessity of any fasteners, such as buttons or the like, is entirely obviated, and the'garment is simple and inexpensive to manufacture.

What is claimed isi i. In a garment adapted to cover the upper part of the body, and adapted to provide a neck opening, in which garment fastening devices adjacent the neck are obviated, and which can be donned by pulling the garment over the head of the wearer, a fabric member forming the neck opening as well as the shoulder portions, said member being adapted to be placed around the neckof the wearer, and having front portions extending diagonally downwardly from the shoulders and overlapping below the neck opening, the overlap being defined by edges of the fabric member diverging downwardly from the neck, the overlap being limited to the central front portion of the garment and extending downwardly to a place considerably above the waist region, the overlapping parts being joined together only at the bottom edges thereof, and a waist covering member joined to the bottom edges of the fabric member.

2. In a garment adapted to cover the upper part of the body, and adapted to provide a neck opening, in which garment fastening devices adjacent the neck are obviated, and which can be donned by pulling the garment over the head of the wearer, a fabric member forming the neck opening as well as the shoulder portions, said member being adapted to be placed around the neck of the wearer, and having front portions extending diagonally downwardly from the shoulders and overlapping below the neck opening, the overlap being defined by edges of the fabric member diverging downwardly from the neck, the overlap being limited to the central front portion of the garment and extending downwardly to a place considerably above the waist portion, the bottom edge of each overlapping portion being formed by upwardly diverging parts extending toward opposite sides of the garment,

the lowermost portion of each of said edges being substantially central of the garment, the overlapping parts being joined together only at the bottom edge thereof, and a waist covering member joined to the bottom edges of the fabric member.

3. In a garment adapted to cover the upper part of the body, and adapted to provide a neck opening, in which garment fastening devices adjacent the neck are obviated, and which can be donned by pulling the garment over the head of the wearer, a fabric member forming the neck opening as well as the shoulder portions, said member being adapted to be placed around the neck of the wearer, and having front portions extending diagonally downwardly from the shoulders and overlapping below the neck opening, the overlap being defined by edges of the fabric member diverging downwardly from the neck, said fabric member being in one piece and having threads in the front of the garment that run diagonally toward the shoulders, the overlapping portions extending downwardly to a place considerably above the waist region, the overlapping parts being joined together only at the bottom edges thereof, and a waist covering member joined to the bottom edges of the fabric member.

4. In a garment adapted to cover the upper part of the body, and adapted to provide a neck opening, in which garment fastening devices adjacent the neck are obviated, and which can be donned by pulling the garment over the head of the wearer, a fabric member forming the neck opening as -well as the shoulder portions, said member being adapted to be placed around the neck of the wearer, and having front portions extending diagonally downwardly from the shoulders and overlapping below the neck opening, the overlap being defined by edges of the fabric member diverging downwardly from the neck, said fabric member being in one piece and having threads in the front of the garment that run diagonally toward the shoulders, the overlap being limited to the central front portion of the garment and extending downwardly to a place considerably above the waist region, the overlapping parts being joined together only at the bottom edges thereof, and a waist covering member joined to the bottom edges of the fabric member.

ELSE SWAN. 

